Modern trends you don't like in gaming

1. Sequels for their sake (Mass Effect 4 - why?!)
2. Milking of franchises (Not supporting the blatant cash-in that is Arkham Origins, even though I loved Asylum and City)
3. Emphasis on shooting in every game (Resident Evil and Tomb Raider gone down the shitter as a result)
4. Withheld DLC (Once the full game's vision is on disk, I don't mind anything that comes out of post-release, but not during, or that was purposefully left out)

-Any kind of internet connection prompt - I'm playing the thing offline as I don't need every man and his dog know what I'm up to! The X1's interface looks swell, but talk about Orwellian, fucking creepy.

Hold forward on the analogue stick and watching the game play itself - Tomb Raider, Uncharted, Journey and others are guilty of this. It's not fun and it's incredibly boring to watch another set piece without having any input whatsoever.

XP in multiplayer FPS' - Battlefield, COD, pretty much every FPS on the market. Just give everyone all the weapons at the start and let the enjoyment come from playing the game, not grinding out hours to unlock the next weapon. Keeps everyone on a level playing field too, irrespective of time spent in the game.

Publisher accounts - I don't want to sign up to specific Origin/EA/uPlay accounts when I already have Gold/PS+. It brings nothing to the table, slows the initial set-up down and simply punishes people who own legit copies of your titles with it's intrusive bullshit.

Critics rating Journey over Fez/Braid/Bastion/Meat Boy as the 'tour de force' of indie titles and winning numerous GOTY awards over far superior titles - really? Far better titles out there for the 'games as art' argument, too.

Rhaegyr wrote:
Publisher accounts - I don't want to sign up to specific Origin/EA/uPlay accounts when I already have Gold/PS+. It brings nothing to the table, slows the initial set-up down and simply punishes people who own legit copies of your titles with it's intrusive bullshit.

Skinja wrote:
Releasing a game buggy as fuck so they can patch it later.

Yep, these.

With regards to the latter, that ties in to my OP complaint about milking games. A more blatant cash grab I have not seen than AO. Not the product of a new vision, or pushing the existing template forward, not even the original developer! Just a cynical attempt to wring yet more water out of the sponge.

I don't care whether they eventually patch AO to full working order, I'll never buy it, if only to at least vote with my wallet and say down with this sort of thing!

sega wrote:
All of it. Absolutely everything. It's the least imaginative industry ever and only the indie scene will save it. Hopefully.

This.

It's why i'm turning into (ugh) a only PC gamer. There's a lot of innovative stuff happening there and most releases are a lot cheaper meaning i don't feel too cheated when a game turns out to be a direct clone of "Generic Cover Shooter 3".

Console games really are just re-skins of stuff that i've played numerous times already. The next gen machines don't interest me even slightly because it's all the same old shite but a bit shinier.

Watch as people who fucking hate CoD get ramped up as fuck for Ghosts because they are getting it because there's fuck all else out at launch for the XB1/PS4!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To be fair...XBLA and PSN are increasingly good sources for more diverse and alternative games. That will only increase this gen as a) the digital download market continues to mature and b) the indie scene gains prominence

alexm wrote:

3. Emphasis on shooting in every game (Resident Evil and Tomb Raider gone down the shitter as a result)

Better not be talking about RE4

Well...I am actually. It's what started the series in its current direction. But at least it was still RE at heart, 5 and 6 were utter abominations, two of the best/worst examples of the Gears of Duty-fication of too many modern action games.

It's why i'm turning into (ugh) a only PC gamer. There's a lot of innovative stuff happening there and most releases are a lot cheaper meaning i don't feel too cheated when a game turns out to be a direct clone of "Generic Cover Shooter 3".

Console games really are just re-skins of stuff that i've played numerous times already. The next gen machines don't interest me even slightly because it's all the same old shite but a bit shinier.

Watch as people who fucking hate CoD get ramped up as fuck for Ghosts because they are getting it because there's fuck all else out at launch for the XB1/PS4!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know, quite a few indie games are just reskinned and revamped retro games.